| Cushing's disease in horses is, sadly not uncommon. | | | | continue his work. But who does that benefit? Certainly |
| However, when you understand what can cause it, | | | | not the horse. |
| then you can prevent it altogether. And as a bonus, | | | | If a horse has become lame, the cause of the |
| ensure your horse has great and lasting good health. | | | | lameness needs to be discovered and dealt with. |
| The medical diagnosis of cushing's disease or | | | | Masking it so the horse can still perform will only make |
| syndrome comes from a blood test showing excess | | | | it worse in the long run. |
| cortisol and the physical signs of fatty swellings, | | | | And, if done frequently, can result in Cushing's disease. |
| especially at the withers and face. Weakness can | | | | How much better it is to deal with the cause of the |
| result. | | | | lameness in a holistic way. This can not only be the |
| This can be a result of an excess of secretion by the | | | | most effective way, in the long term. It can also be the |
| pituitary gland. It can also be a result of the adrenal | | | | fastest way in the short term. And all without the |
| cortex, situated at the kidneys, releasing too much | | | | potential of harm later in life. |
| glucocortisoids. A third reason can be from what is | | | | Homeopathy is just such a modality of health care. Its |
| known as an iatrogenic (caused by drugs) | | | | enormous scope for deep healing, by supporting the |
| over-zealous administration of cortisone veterinary | | | | horse's best healing efforts, by stimulating the immune |
| treatment. | | | | system, by personalising the horse's unique expression |
| I have noticed that in a huge percentage of veterinary | | | | of imbalance all go towards resolving the original |
| treatments of horses, some form of cortisone | | | | cause. |
| treatment is invariably used. And often it is not | | | | The healing remedies themselves resolve any |
| indicated or required. | | | | associated pain, so pain relief becomes a thing of the |
| At the slightest hint of pain in a horse, cortisone is | | | | past. |
| often given. Presumably this is to allow the horse to | | | | |